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The savage wars of peace : small wars and the rise of American power

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The savage wars of peace : small wars and the rise of American power

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Boot, Max, 1968-

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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States, Intervention (International law), United States -- History, Military, United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries, United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion
Publisher
New York : Basic Books
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Internet Archive
Language
English
xx, 428 p. : 24 cm

Originally published 2002

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-408) and index

"To conquer upon the sea": Barbary Wars, 1801-1805, 1815 -- "Butcher and bolt": from the Marquesas, 1813, to China, 1859 -- Empire emerging: from Korea, 1871, to Samoa, 1899 -- Red summer: Boxer uprising, 1900 -- "Attraction" and "Chastisement": the Philippine War, 1899-1902 -- Carribean constabulary: Cuba:, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, 1898-1914 -- Lords of Hispaniola: Haiti, 1915-1934; Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 -- The dusty trail: the Pancho Villa punitive expedition, 1916-1917 -- Blood on the snow: Russia, 1918-1920 -- Chasing Sandino: Nicaragua, 1926-1933 -- "By bluff alone": China, 1901-1941 -- Lessons learned: the small wars manual -- Lessons unlearned: Vietnam, 1959-1975 -- In the shadow of Vietnam: the Powell doctrine and small wars in the 1990s -- In defense of the Pax Americana: small wars in the Twenty-First Century
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